I had a Spanish trial lesson today. The school in La Herradura only offers individual classes or group conversation lessons. My other courses all were group lessons and I wasn’t sure whether I would like a one on one lesson, hence the trial. As a present from the school, I not only had my trial … Read more
A Christmas Carol This is the blackest Christmas day I ever experienced. All night I was kept awake and haunted by three nightmares, which I so much hoped to have left behind in the Netherlands and which enabled me to leave the Netherlands without even a blink of my eye. Being haunted again I decided … Read more
They did warn us [6] Today it was again a beautiful sunny day. Although a bit windy as you can see in this picture. The young guy tried to fly up to his colleagues. He didn’t succeed. Neither did we, trying to get a NIE number in Spain for the umptieth time. We went to … Read more
Arrived in the south of Spain! I still have my coat on, but that is only because I forgot that it is not cold here at midday. Have to find my summer jacket as soon as possible. 🙂 ^hm
What was I thinking? When the whole of Spain suffers from drought, so does Tablas de Daimiel. For us it was interesting to visit anyhow, but what a pity for the area. Tablas de Daimiel is a swamp, about 1,5 hours away from Madrid. Perfect for a stop on our way to the south. ^hm
They did warn us [5] In our ongoing search to get a NIE number we went to the Oficina Extranjeros today. Our son went along to translate, maybe that would help. A very friendly security officer told us our form was wrong, and where did we need a NIE number for anyway since we are … Read more
No snow! An occasional drop of rain once in a while. As you can see the road is quiet. Our journey is going fine. Getting out of the snow last night was just horrible. The pack in the garden was about 20 cm thick and the car tires couldn’t get a grip. At some point, … Read more
We were so glad to have help today. All the big stuff is out of the house now. ^hm
I think the selection process of my clothes is difficult. There are 4 options of where they have to go: the rag bag the recycle store our storage unit my suitcase So it took me a couple of weeks to decide. And today that process was finished. Yeah! ^hm
What I will miss Drop! It’s a Dutch treat that is not available in Spain. At least not in the usual stores. There are several Dutch stores in Spain and I guess they will sell drop. ^hm